Helicopter on 'unauthorised' flight crashes into Australian hotel

The aircraft's lone occupant, the pilot, has died in the incident in Cairns.

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The aircraft hit the DoubleTree by Hilton hotel in the northern Queensland city of Cairns at around 01:50 local time on Monday (16:50 BST Sunday), sparking a fire and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of guests.

Authorities say the only occupant of the helicopter died at the scene, and two hotel guests - a man in his 80s and a woman in her 70s – were taken to hospital in a stable condition.

Some local media reports have suggested that the helicopter was stolen.

Nautilus Aviation - which owned the helicopter - said it would work closely with all authorities in Queensland as they examined the "unauthorised use of one of our helicopters in the early hours of this morning".

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